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Ezra 7:23-28

23WhateveriscommandedbytheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, letitbecarefullydoneforthehouseלְבֵ֖יתle.VeitH1005oftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֑אshe.mai.Ya'H8065;forwhyלְמָ֤הle.MahH4101shouldtherebewrathagainsttherealmofthekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430andhissons?

24Alsoweinformyou,asregardsallthepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֣אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549andLevitesוְ֠לֵוָיֵאVe.le.va.ye'H3879,singers,doorkeepers,Nethinim,andministersofthishouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1005ofGodH426,itshallnotbelawfultoimposetributeמִנְדָּ֤הmin.DahH4061,tax,andtollוַהֲלָ֔ךְva.ha.LakhH1983upon them.

25Andthou,Ezraעֶזְרָ֗א'ez.Ra'H5831, afterthewisdomכְּחָכְמַ֨תke.cha.khe.MatH2452ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֤ךְ'e.la.HakhH426,whichisinthyhandבִידָךְ֙vi.doKhH3028, setmagistratesandjudgeswhomay judgeallthepeopleעַמָּה֙'a.Mah'H5972thatarebeyondtheriverנַהֲרָ֔הna.ha.Rah'H5103,allsuchasknowH3046thelawsH1882ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֑ךְ'e.la.HakhH426;andteachye himthatknowsH3046[them]not.

26AndwhosoeverwillnotdothelawH1882ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֗ךְ'e.la.HakhH426andthelawH1882ofthekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, letjudgmentbeexecuteddiligentlyאָסְפַּ֕רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'H629uponhim,whetheruntodeath,ortobanishment,ortoconfiscationofgoods,ortoimprisonment.

27BlessedH1288beJehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofourfathersH1,whohasputנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414[suchathing]asthisintheking'sheartבְּלֵ֣בbe.LevH3820,tobeautifyלְפָאֵ֕רle.fa.'ErH6286thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovahwhichisatJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389;

28andhasextendedהִטָּה־hi.tah-H5186mercytomebeforethekingH4428andhiscounsellors,andbeforealltheking'smightyהַגִּבֹּרִ֑יםha.gi.bo.RimH1368princesH8269.AndIwasstrengthenedהִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּיhit.cha.Zak.tiH2388,asthehandכְּיַד־ke.yad-H3027ofJehovahmyGodאֱלֹהַי֙'e.lo.HaiH430wasuponme;andIgatheredH6908togetheroutofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478chiefרָאשִׁ֖יםra.ShimH7218menH1368togoלַעֲל֥וֹתla.'a.LotH5927upwithme.

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